*Dōnawjaz

Runic: ᛞᛟᚾᚨᚹᛃᚨᛉ Pronunciation: /ˈdɔː.ˌnɑu̯.jɑz/

proper noun · masculine · ja-stem

Meanings

the river Danube

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Celtic *Dānowyos, an extended form of the river-name *Dānu, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₂nu (‘river goddess’), akin to *dʰenh₂- (‘to set in motion; to flow’). The Celtic name is also the source of Latin Dānuvius, Dānubius and Ancient Greek Δανούιος (Danoúios) (Danoúios) and Δανούβιος (Danoúbios). *Dōnawjaz was reinterpreted as a feminine ōn-stem in West Proto-Germanic.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nom.	Dōnawjaz	–
Acc.	Dōnawją	–
Gen.	Dōnawjas, Dōnawis	–
Dat.	Dōnawjai	–
Inst.	Dōnawjō	–
Voc.	Dōnawi	–

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Descendants

Denouwe (Middle Dutch)
Dônouw, Dônouwe, Dunouw, Dunouwe (Middle Low German)
Dōnua (Old English)
- Dónua (Old Norse)
Tuonouwa, Duonowa, Tuonouwe (Old High German)
- Tuonouwe, Tuonowe (Middle High German)
  - Tuonawe (Middle High German)
    - Tunaw (Middle High German)
Tuonouwa, Duonowa, Tuonouwe (Old High German)
- Tuonouwe, Tuonowe (Middle High German)
  - Tuonawe (Middle High German)
    - Tonaw (German)
      - Tonau (German)
Tuonouwa, Duonowa, Tuonouwe (Old High German)
- Tuonouwe, Tuonowe (Middle High German)
  - Tuonawe (Middle High German)
    - Tonaw (German)
      - Donaw (German)
        
        Donau (German)
        
        Donau (Danish)
        
        Donau (Dutch)
        
        Dóná (Icelandic)
        
        Donau (Low German)
        
        Donau (Norwegian Bokmål)
        
        Donau (Norwegian Nynorsk)
        
        Donau (Swedish)
*𐌳𐍉𐌽𐌰𐍅𐌹 (*dōnawi) (Gothic)
- Δούναβις (Doúnabis) (Ancient Greek)
- *Dunavь (Proto-Slavic)

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